During Winter break, Brian's mother Lois O' Conner, looked at her 16 year old son over the dinner table and said, "Your principal called me at work again..."

"Mom it's nothing to be worried about. I didn't do whatever she said I did." Brian interrupted.

"She told me they have evidence that you were racing the driver's ed car in the back parking lot."

"I didn't do it."

"I saw the camera footage Brian. Now why would you lie to me?"

"Why didn't the principal talk to me too if I'm the one being accused of the crime?"

"We felt it was best I looked at the footage first. They want to expel you for it."

"But I didn't race the car mom!" Brian denied once again.

His mother glared at Brian and said, "If I don't pull you out of school then they will expel you and it will be on your permanent record. I've called your great Uncle in LA and he's agreed to let you stay with him and his wife while you're in school."

"Mom," Brian pushed his chair out from under the table and continued, "this is bullshit and you know it! I'm stuck in the fucking desert so what else am I to do? Go schlep groceries at the market in town? I'm good." Then he went up to his room and Lois looked at her plate and sighed. It was going to be a long break getting him moved in with his uncle.

Upstairs Brian called his best friend Roman Pearce, "Hey man! Guess what?" Brian groaned.

"What Brian?"

"The principal called my mom and told her about the racing."

"What kind of trouble are you in bro?"

"If mom doesn't pull me out of school then I'm expelled the rest of the year."

"So you'll be going to the other high school in town?"

"No my mom's making me move to LA to live with some distant uncle I've met maybe as a baby."

"That's bullshit man. She can't do that." Rome yelled.

"She told me I was moving in with him over break so I can start school right after for the new semester."

"When will we be able to see each other and hang out?"

"Maybe she'll let me come back during the summers."

"I hope so. Life around here will be dull without you man."

"I'll miss you too Rome. Maybe we'll get a chance to hangout before I move."

"Talk to your mom."

"I will."

"All right. Bye man." Then they hung up.

Brian laid back on his bed and ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. He knew he should've thought of the camera before he hotwired the car in the parking lot but it was too late now, he was off to some unknown part of LA to live with a family member he didn't know or care to know. He growled and punched his pillow.

An hour later his mother came upstairs and knocked on his door. She opened the door when Brian grumbled that she could come in. She saw Brian sprawled on his bed with a few car magazines around him. "What do you want mom?"

"I want you to know that I'm just trying to do my best."

"And your best is sending me to live with a person I don't know or trust?" Brian asked as he looked up from his magazine.

"Your Uncle Nick was just like you when he was younger. You two have a lot in common."

"Then why hasn't he been around?"

"He's been busy being a cop."

Brian glared, "You're sending me to live with a cop? That's not fair."

Lois sat on the edge of the bed and said, "I know it seems unfair but it might do you some good to be around him."

"Doing me good is letting me stay here and not taking me away from my friends."

"You'll still be able to see Rome in the summer."

"Won't be the same." Brian grumbled.

Lois carded her fingers through Brian's curls and said, "You're growing up Brian. Not everything stays the same."

"I know mom." Brian sighed as he rested his head on his folded arms and asked, "When are we moving me to LA?"

"Over the weekend when I'm off. You're Aunt Mary will be waiting for us Saturday."

"What's Uncle Nick doing that he can't be there?"

"He's working this weekend. Monday we'll find out which school you'll be going to and I'll go talk to the principal about your classes and the situation."

"So you're taking Monday off? Won't that put you behind on the rent?"

"No I have some extra set back."

Brian turned his head so he could look at his mother and said quietly, "I know I can be a dick a lot of the time but I worry about you mom."

"I'll survive Brian. You need to take care of yourself. I want you to finish school and find something you like to do that's legal. I can't have my boy sent to jail over illegal racing."

"I'll try mom."

"That's all I ask."

The rest of the week was spent packing up Brian's room and getting a U-Haul trailer to hook to the back of the car for the drive to LA. At least Brian could take his bed and belongings as his aunt and uncle cleared out a big room upstairs for him. His mother drove her car with the trailer hooked to it and Brian drove his out of date Eclipse behind her. He had been able to see Rome for a few hours earlier in the week but his mom wanted to get an early start that Saturday because she didn't know how bad LA traffic was going to be and she didn't want to arrive too late in the day.

At his Uncle's house, Mary met them at the door. Lois walked up the path and Mary pulled her into a hug once she got in reaching distance. "How are you doing Lois? Was the drive okay?"

Lois looked at her aunt and said, "I'm doing okay." Then Lois looked back to see Brian leaning against his car in the driveway and said, "Come here Brian."

Brian unfolded his arms from in front of his chest and sauntered up to meet his Aunt Mary. Lois stepped away from Mary and Mary pulled Brian into a hug. "My have you grown."

Brian just shrugged his shoulders and Mary bit back a smile. "Come on. I have some lunch made up for us and then we'll unload your stuff." She kept a hand on Brian's elbow and maneuvered Brian into the kitchen. Everyone ate at the table, Brian kept quiet and his mom and Mary caught up with each other while avoiding talking about the current situation. For that Brian was thankful - he didn't want to hear them talk about him with him around.

Close to five that evening Brian's Uncle Nick came home and saw that Brian was sitting on the steps. Nick sat near him and asked, "Have any trouble getting everything upstairs?"

"No." Brian said as he looked down an alley that was across the street.

"I know what you're thinking Brian and sneaking out isn't an option."

Brian turned and glared at his uncle before he slid back into his nonchalant mode and said, "Who said anything about sneaking out. Can I not look around the neighborhood?"

"Yeah. You can do that."

"What high school will I be going to here?"

"Echo Park High School. It's a good school especially since you like cars. They have excellent courses in their tech fields."

"They offer mechanic classes?"

"It's one of the specialty classes they offer."

"Maybe I'll look into it when mom takes me up there on Monday."

"Worth a shot although it's a pretty popular class from what I hear. Might have to wait for next year."

Brian just kept his eyes moving around his surroundings and Nick left him on the steps. He hoped offering the information about the mechanics class that Brian might start to think about his future on the right side of the law. He went inside and greeted Mary with a kiss and said, "Hey honey." Then he looked at his neice and said, "Lois how are you doing?"

"I just want Brian to be okay. He keeps sliding closer to going to Juvenile Hall."

"He'll be okay here." Nick reassured.

"Thank you for taking him in. Maybe he'll get better here."

"All we can do is try. It's up to him to follow the rules and laws."

The following Monday, Brian sat in the school office with his mother, when he saw another guy about his age leave the principal's office. The Principal said, "Toretto get to class and I don't want to hear anymore stories." The guy saluted her with a smirk in place and turned.

As he turned he saw Brian looking his way. He nodded to Brian to let him know he was caught and then left the office.

The Principal came to the door of her office and motioned for Brian and Lois to come inside. She introduced herself, "I'm Ms. Reece Kelly." They spent the next thirty minutes talking about Brian's schedule and then she had one of the secretaries show him the school and where his current class was located. The rest of the day he didn't see Toretto but he noticed his elective classes rotating during the week - maybe Toretto had one of those classes.

The next day Brian went to school and went through his classes, half paying attention half looking for a bald, slightly more muscular man that kept him awake most of the night. He felt himself getting hard in his History class and groaned to himself, 'Fuck. Not now.' He was thankful his pants were baggy so when the teacher stopped talking he raised his hand to ask if he could go to the restroom. The teacher let him go seeing a queasy look pass over Brian's features.

Brian made it to the men's room and shut himself in the last stall. He didn't know how long he could get away with so he dropped his pants and spit in his hand. He braced his arm against the wall and started to stroke himself. He bit his lip hard to contain his moans and concentrated on finishing. He imagined himself pushed against a wall with his dick buried in the back of the bald man's throat and his hand sped up. A minute later he came so hard that he almost crumpled to the floor. He caught his breath and cleaned his hand off and flushed the toilet.

He took a minute to listen to see if anyone came into the bathroom. Brian didn't hear anything so he slipped out of the stall and moved over to the sinks to wash his hands. He bent over to splash water on his face and when he went to stand up felt someone pressed against him. He looked in the mirror and saw Toretto standing much too close. He just held his gaze in the mirror and waited to see what Toretto would do.

Dom leaned against Brian's back and said, "I saw you watching me yesterday."

Brian just stayed silent - he didn't trust his voice with Toretto standing so close.

Dom grinned and said, "I'm Dom Toretto and you'll be spending the rest of the day with me."

"I've got to get back to class." Brian mumbled.

"Well I have your backpack and your schedule now says that you're with me. I'm technically still looking for you."

"What do you want Dom?" Brian ground out. He was trying to stay as still as he could so his body wasn't touching Dom's but Dom was making it impossible.

"Well I can say that I know what you want if that strangled noise you made in the stall was anything to go by." Dom wrapped one arm around Brian's waist and pulled him against his body. Dom buried his face in Brian's neck and kissed it gently.

Brian tensed and as he twisted around he pushed Dom away. Dom let him go and Brian glared at him. Dom leaned against the opposite wall with his arms crossed over his chest with a smirk on his face. Brian wanted to kiss the smirk off his face but he didn't move forward. "What the fuck man?"

Dom bit back a chuckle at Brian's question and his lack of working brain cells. "Seems like you're ready for round two. I can help you with that." Dom motioned to Brian's pants.

"I'm not gay man."

"Yeah well neither am I. We'll call it mutual benefits."

"I'm good man." Brian said.

"You're not a fighter are you?"

"I can when I want to."

"You don't seem like you're afraid of me?"

"I don't know you from Adam but if you mess with me don't think I won't beat ass."

"Fair enough. Now are you sure you don't want some help?"

"I told you I'm fine."

"If you say so. Now we need to get to math before the teacher has a major conniption fit." Dom handed Brian his backpack and then picked up his own. On their way out of the bathroom and into the hall full of students Dom kept a hand on Brian's back as he navigated them through the halls to his Pre-Calculus class. He moved his hand when he moved in front of Brian to find them two seats together.

Brian took a deep breath and went in the class to find Dom sitting at a table with two other guys and the chair next to Dom being empty. Dom motioned to Brian to sit next to him and that's where he sat. The rest of the class was looking Brian's way and the teacher gave him a math book. "Welcome to pre-cal. Dominic will fill you in on where we are this semester."

"Okay. Thanks." Brian acknowledged as he put the book on the table.

After the teacher left for the front of the class one of the guys at the table looked at Dom and asked, "What's with the new guy?"

"He'll be in our classes from now on." Dom said as he glanced at Brian before turning his attention back to his friends.

"I don't like him." The other guy growled.

Dom looked at his friend and said, "Tough shit Vince."

Brian looked at Dom and said, "Maybe I should change seats."

"No. Everything's all right."

"Okay."

Dom looked at Brian and said, "Bri everything is good."

"It's Brian not Bri." Brian snapped.

"Sorry Brian." Dom had the decency to look sorry. Then he asked, "Are you looking forward to seeing the cars?"

"I'm curious yes."

"You're curious all right." Dom laughed. That earned him another glare which changed to a smirk.

"You might be right." Then Brian turned his attention back to the teacher.

A couple of hours later after the final bell rang Dom came up and asked, "You want to come hang out at my house?"

"Don't think I should. I've got a lot of homework to do."

"Okay. I'll meet you tomorrow on the steps so I can show you the rest of the classes."

"See you then."

Dom watched as Brian walked to an olive green Eclipse and saw him peel out of the parking lot. He was going to have a lot of fun trying to get Brian into his bed. He tried getting with his little sister's best friend, Letty, but found since he saw Brian that she hadn't even crossed his thoughts once except to feel guilty after thinking of Brian. He didn't really know how to go about persuading Brian but knew they'd work it out in time. He remembered those few minutes in the bathroom and then he found himself wanting to find a private spot. He ran his hand over his head and sighed.

Leon looked at Dom and asked, "What's with wanting the new kid around?"

"Just do." Dom said as he turned to look at his friend.

Vince moved up beside Dom and said, "Seen him checking your sister out yesterday."

"I don't think he did." Dom said as he glanced toward the parking lot.